The BEN MC should be BEN Network
members active in the of the
needs and concerns of black,
white and other ethnic groups

All BEN MC members should have
expertise in relation to enabling
ethnic environmental
participation in relation to
sustainable development

The BEN MC should embody a wide
range of expertise across fields
of concern relating to
sustainable development

The BEN MC represents the local
needs and concerns of the
geographical regions served by
BEN

BEN Advisers

Beyond the expertise embodied by the
BEN MC, BEN has a list of individuals who
we can call on in order to have expert
advice on other areas of development. The
present list range from the expertise of
designing grant schemes to working with
television.

The BEN Network

The scope of the work of BEN emerges
from being in touch with our members on
the ground.

The Structure of BEN

BEN is the leader in the field of
ethnic environmental participation which
it has created. BEN works to create a
framework within which full participation
by ethnic communities, in sustainable
development, can take place. We work to
stimulate and support ethnic groups in
environmental participation. In parallel
we work to enable relevant organisations
to reach out and work effectively with
ethnic groups. This is achieved through
awareness raising, training, research,
publications, advice and support.

The
organisation's core staff includes the
Director and the Administrators, working
to a UK-wide Management Committee and
Advisors representing a wide spectrum of
expertise, and in consultation with
members of the BEN Network.

Time-limited
strategic projects are generated to
address ethnic environmental
participation. All the project work of
BEN is formulated to be strategic. Our
positioning is that we believe that the
involvement of ethnic groups should be at
the heart of mainstream activity, so that
all mainstream organisations take up
their remit of 'being for everyone' and
formulate initiatives which enable them
to arrive in that position. We are here
to do ourselves out of a job !Volunteers
are used as appropriate but in the main
projects employ highly qualified
professional staff with proven years of
experience in this demanding field of
work.

Our
work is focused on the UK. However our
work has a natural international
dimension as ethnic communities in this
country are linked through the culture of
their country of origin to many parts of
the world. The search for identity by
ethnic groups necessarily involves them
in exploration of inter-cultural
relationships. There is also
international interest in our work as
working across different cultural groups
is an urgent issue of our times in many
countries.